Definitions for ocean

ocean o·cean

Spelling: [oh-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈoʊ ʃən/

Ocean is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in ocean (aceno).

Definitions for ocean

noun

  1. the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
  2. any of the geographical divisions of this body, commonly given as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans.
  3. a vast expanse or quantity:

Origin of ocean

1250-1300; Middle English ocean(e) (Old French) Latin ōceanus, special use of Ōceanus Oceanus Greek ōkeanós, Ōkeanós

Examples for ocean

We on the other hand cross the ocean in sixteen hours in a flying machine.

Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.

Twenty-four hours have now passed, and we are still tossing about on the ocean.

Fidel jumped out and hopped into the ocean without getting wet.

In the broad pathways of the ocean such a chance is doubtful.

These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.

Miles of Soviet era housing projects sat along on the ocean.

Though the cove was more quiet than the ocean, yet it was fearful enough, even there.

The real story of who killed bin Laden may have gone to the bottom of the ocean or been plowed back into the dirt in Abbottabad.

Opposite is a red-brick monastery leaning like an ocean liner in the snow.

Word Value for ocean
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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